diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
index 3a9fe1100..02b67795f 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/anaconda.pm
@@ -220,6 +220,23 @@ sub mknetboot
     }
     #my $addkcmdhash =
     #    $bptab->getNodesAttribs(\@nodes, ['addkcmdline']);
+
+    # Warning message for nodeset <noderange> install/netboot/statelite
+    foreach my $knode (keys %oents)
+    {
+        my $ent = $oents{$knode}->[0];
+        if ($ent && $ent->{provmethod}
+            && (($ent->{provmethod} eq 'install') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'netboot') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'statelite')))
+        {
+            $callback->(
+                        {
+                         warning => ["The options \"install\", \"netboot\", and \"statelite\" have been deprecated. They should continue to work in this release, but have not been tested as carefully, and some new functions are not available with these options.  For full function and support, use \"nodeset <noderange> osimage=<osimage_name>\" instead."],
+                        }
+                        );
+        # Do not print this warning message multiple times
+        last;
+        }
+    }
     foreach my $node (@nodes)
     {
         my $osver;
@@ -907,6 +924,23 @@ sub mkinstall
     #my $addkcmdhash =
     #    $bptab->getNodesAttribs(\@nodes, ['addkcmdline']);
     require xCAT::Template;
+
+    # Warning message for nodeset <noderange> install/netboot/statelite
+    foreach my $knode (keys %osents)
+    {
+        my $ent = $osents{$knode}->[0];
+        if ($ent && $ent->{provmethod}
+            && (($ent->{provmethod} eq 'install') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'netboot') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'statelite')))
+        {
+            $callback->(
+                        {
+                         warning => ["The options \"install\", \"netboot\", and \"statelite\" have been deprecated. They should continue to work in this release, but have not been tested as carefully, and some new functions are not available with these options.  For full function and support, use \"nodeset <noderange> osimage=<osimage_name>\" instead."],
+                        }
+                        );
+        # Do not print this warning message multiple times
+        last;
+        }
+    }
     foreach $node (@nodes)
     {
         my $os;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm
index 046a6d8f8..4e38f379a 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/debian.pm
@@ -418,6 +418,22 @@ sub mkinstall
     #my $addkcmdhash =
     #    $bptab->getNodesAttribs(\@nodes, ['addkcmdline']);
     require xCAT::Template;
+    # Warning message for nodeset <noderange> install/netboot/statelite
+    foreach my $knode (keys %osents)
+    {
+        my $ent = $osents{$knode}->[0];
+        if ($ent && $ent->{provmethod}
+            && (($ent->{provmethod} eq 'install') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'netboot') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'statelite')))
+        {
+            $callback->(
+                        {
+                         warning => ["The options \"install\", \"netboot\", and \"statelite\" have been deprecated. They should continue to work in this release, but have not been tested as carefully, and some new functions are not available with these options.  For full function and support, use \"nodeset <noderange> osimage=<osimage_name>\" instead."],
+                        }
+                        );
+        # Do not print this warning message multiple times
+        last;
+        }
+    }
     foreach $node (@nodes)
     {
         my $os;
@@ -864,6 +880,22 @@ sub mknetboot
     }
     #my $addkcmdhash =
     #    $bptab->getNodesAttribs(\@nodes, ['addkcmdline']);
+    # Warning message for nodeset <noderange> install/netboot/statelite
+    foreach my $knode (keys %oents)
+    {
+        my $ent = $oents{$knode}->[0];
+        if ($ent && $ent->{provmethod}
+            && (($ent->{provmethod} eq 'install') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'netboot') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'statelite')))
+        {
+            $callback->(
+                        {
+                         warning => ["The options \"install\", \"netboot\", and \"statelite\" have been deprecated. They should continue to work in this release, but have not been tested as carefully, and some new functions are not available with these options.  For full function and support, use \"nodeset <noderange> osimage=<osimage_name>\" instead."],
+                        }
+                        );
+        # Do not print this warning message multiple times
+        last;
+        }
+    }
     foreach my $node (@nodes)
     {
         my $osver;
diff --git a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm
index de10f9477..82973ee31 100644
--- a/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm
+++ b/xCAT-server/lib/xcat/plugins/sles.pm
@@ -100,6 +100,22 @@ sub mknetboot
     my $reshash = $restab->getNodesAttribs(\@nodes, ['primarynic', 'tftpserver', 'tftpdir', 'xcatmaster', 'nfsserver', 'nfsdir', 'installnic']);
 
     my %donetftp=();
+    # Warning message for nodeset <noderange> install/netboot/statelite
+    foreach my $knode (keys %{$ntents})
+    {
+        my $ent = $ntents->{$knode}->[0];
+        if ($ent && $ent->{provmethod}
+            && (($ent->{provmethod} eq 'install') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'netboot') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'statelite')))
+        {
+            $callback->(
+                        {
+                         warning => ["The options \"install\", \"netboot\", and \"statelite\" have been deprecated. They should continue to work in this release, but have not been tested as carefully, and some new functions are not available with these options.  For full function and support, use \"nodeset <noderange> osimage=<osimage_name>\" instead."],
+                        }
+                        );
+        # Do not print this warning message multiple times
+        last;
+        }
+    }
     foreach my $node (@nodes)
     {
         my $osver;
@@ -677,6 +693,24 @@ sub mkinstall
     require xCAT::Template; #only used here, load so memory can be COWed
     # Define a variable for driver update list
     my @dd_drivers;
+
+    # Warning message for nodeset <noderange> install/netboot/statelite
+    foreach my $knode (keys %{$ntents})
+    {
+        my $ent = $ntents->{$knode}->[0];
+        if ($ent && $ent->{provmethod}
+            && (($ent->{provmethod} eq 'install') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'netboot') || ($ent->{provmethod} eq 'statelite')))
+        {
+            $callback->(
+                        { 
+                         warning => ["The options \"install\", \"netboot\", and \"statelite\" have been deprecated. They should continue to work in this release, but have not been tested as carefully, and some new functions are not available with these options.  For full function and support, use \"nodeset <noderange> osimage=<osimage_name>\" instead."],
+                        }
+                        );
+        # Do not print this warning message multiple times
+        last;
+        }
+    }
+
     foreach $node (@nodes)
     {
         my $os;